Door-hanger.



PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

R. B. BROWNE.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION TILED MAY 14, 1904.

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Alforney UNITED STATES PATENT OFIOE.

RICHARD B. BROWNE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO RIOHEY, BROWNE &DONALD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

DOOR-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

Application filed May 14:, 1904. fierial No. 208,060.

strains brought thereon, and the construe tion serves to hold the partsnicely in their relative positions. The resulting construction is one ofmarked simplicity and ease of operation, the parts requiring nolubrication.

In the present instance I have shown my invention applied to one type ofhanger; but the invention is by no means confined there= to, the aboveexemplification being necessary to a proper understanding of theinvention. My improvements contemplate any variation of the principleembodied herein which comes within the scope of the claims.

Instead of the antifriction-pulleys having conical inner recess-bearingsthey may be provided with cone-shaped outer bearings, the conicalpintles of the track-wheel bearing upon the lower surfaces of theantifriction-wheels.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a door-hanger, the combination of a housing, a track-wheel, anelongated shaft therefor having outwardly-enlarged conical extremities,and antifriction-wheels on opposite sides of the track-wheel havingbearings adapted to engage said enlarged extremities.

2. In a door-hanger, the combination with a hanger-frame of atrack-wheel, a shaft therefor having projecting conical pintles,antifriction-wheels rotatively mounted on the frame on opposite sides ofthe trackwheel, and having annular interior conical bearings adapted toengage said conical pintles.

3. In a door-hanger, the combination with a housing and a track-wheel,of a fixed shaft on which said wheel is mounted in said hous ing torotate therein, and having outwardly conical portions projecting oneither side of the said housing, antifriction-wheels journaled on theouter face of the housing and having interior corresponding conicalfaces to respectively engage the conical portions of said shaft,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have afIixed my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

RICHARD B. BROWNE.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD B. BROWNE, of New York, in the borough ofBrooklyn and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Door- Hangers; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full and clear description thereof.

My invention relates to doorhangers.

The present improvements relate more particularly to antifrictiondevices for sliding doors, gates, and the like and also to adjustabledevices for hanging the door or gate to the hanger.

With these purposes in view my invention consists in the followingconstruction and combination of parts, the details of which will firstbe fully described and the features of novelty then set forth andclaimed.

Figure 1 is a side view of a hanger to which I have applied myimprovements. Fig. 2 is an end elevation. Fig. 3 is a side elevation ofthe hanger with one of the outer antifriction-wheels removed, thepintles of the latter and the main roller being shown in transversesection. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the device.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the housing of the hanger; 2, preferably anupturned lip at the bottom of the hanger; 3, the jointed upper portionof the hanger; 4, the usual flanged track-wheel; 5, the shaft or pintleof the wheel 4, 6, cone-shaped termini of the shaft 5, converginginwardly from the outer opposite ends; 7, guide-slots in the housing 1through which the shaft 5 projects; 8, antifriction-pulleys journaled onpins 9 on opposite sides of the housing; 10, annular inwardly-convergin'bearing-surfacesuponpulleys 8, corresponding to the coned ends 6 of theshaft 5.

In operation the hanger is placed upon any of the usual track-railscommon in sliding doors and gates, and pulleys 4 being proportioned tothe particular track-rail employed. The conical bearings 6 of wheel 4rest Within the corresponding annular flaring recesses of theantifriction-pulleys 8, the axle 5 being free to adapt itself in itsrotary movement in connection with the antifriction-wheels 8 to anylateral play. The shape of the ends of Witnesses: the axle 5 and theantifriction-wheels 8 pre- JAMES GILMOUR, vents any spreading of thehanger due to J. D. Hose.

